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The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is yet again the richest man in America. He was announced for the 17th year in a row the richest man in the United States. Bill Gates is first on the Forbes list with an estimated fortune of $54 billion, up from $50 billion in 2009. No. 2 on the list was investor Warren Buffett, worth $45 billion, up $5 billion. Oracle founder Larry Ellison's net worth was unchanged, in third place, at $27 billion. Christy Walton, heir to Walmart founder Sam Walton's fortune, was in fourth place with $24 billion, up $2.5 billion.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, No. 35, saw the largest relative increase, more than tripling his fortune to $6.9 billion from $2 billion. He manage to rank higher than Apple’s founder, Steve Jobs, who was 42 with a fortune of 6.1 billion.
California is the state with the most billionaires -- 83 -- among them No. 332 Meg Whitman, worth $1.2 billion, the Republican candidate for governor of the state in November elections.
The top ten Richest Americans are:
1. Bill Gates- 54 billion dollars
2. Warren Buffett- 45 billion dollars
3. Lawrence Ellison- 27 billion dollars
4. Christy Walton and family- 24 billion dollars
5. Charles Koch- 21.5 billion dollars
6. David Koch- 21.5 billion dollars
7. Jim C Walton- 20.1 billion dollars
8. Alice Walton- 20 billion dollars
9. S. Robson Walton- 19.7 billion dollars
10. Michael Bloomberg- 18 billion dollars
Still, Bill Gates is the richest man in America
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Former US president George W Bush has created an account on the social networking website Facebook.
9:23 AM | Labels: Barbara Bush Foundation, Facebook, Facebook account, George W Bush, Twitter | No Comment »Mr Bush's Facebook account was given the thumbs up, or "liked", by over 20,000 users within its first few hours. He has listed the Bush Clinton Haiti Fund and the Barbara Bush Foundation as two of his favourite pages on the site.
Mr Bush's first Facebook post, which is written in the third person, says he has "remained active" since leaving office in 2008.
"He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W Bush Presidential Center; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, "Decision Points"; and partnered with (former) President Clinton to establish the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund," the post reads.
A Twitter account apparently set up by the former president also drew 5,000 followers within its first three hours on the same day.
But Bush spokesman David Sherzer told the AFP news agency that the account did not belong to Mr Bush and that the former president had no future plans to "tweet".
Mr Bush's entry into social media comes a month after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian leader Evo Morales to join him on Twitter.
